He's never done stories on Russia, etc. But most liberal talking shows have been taken off the air in the USA, both on television, radio and streaming video. He was on good venues but they are hard to get now:
Hartmann's 2002 article, "Talking Back To Talk Radio",[3] became part of the original business plan of Air America Radio, and he started his radio program out of his home in Vermont in March 2003. He moved to the Air America network in 2007 and then to the Jones Radio Network (later Dial Global) in 2009. The radio show is also broadcast on community/non-profit stations via Pacifica Radio and Free Speech TV. The Thom Hartmann Program has 2.75 million listeners a week and is one of the top progressive talk radio programs.[4] In 2008 Hartmann started a daily TV show, The Big Picture. The RT network began carrying the show in 2010...
Having worked as a DJ and news director at Lansing radio stations from 1968 to 1978,[5] Hartmann started a radio show in February 2003 on a local station in Vermont; a month later[citation needed] it was picked up on the i.e. America Radio Network and on Sirius Satellite Radio. In 2005, he moved from Vermont to Oregon and, in addition to continuing his national show, also co-hosted a local talk show in Portland, Oregon (with Carl Wolfson, the late Heidi Tauber, and later Christine Alexander), from 2005 until early 2007 on KPOJ, initially an affiliate of Air America Radio owned by Clear Channel Communications. But KPOJ now (March 2013) airs a sports talk format, and is affiliated with Fox Sports Radio.
Hartmann's national program, on the air since 2003 and now in the 3PM to 6PM ET daypart, was chosen by Air America to replace Al Franken on most Air America affiliates in 2007.[24] From 2008 to 2011, Talkers Magazine rated Hartmann the most popular liberal talk show host in America, rising from number 10 among all talk show hosts in 2008 to number 8 in 2011.[25] According to his syndicator Dial Global, more people listen to Hartmann's show on more stations than any other progressive talk show in America. The Thom Hartmann Program is estimated by industry magazine Talkers to have 2.75 million unique listers per week.
As of March 2012, the show was carried on 81 terrestrial radio stations in 34 states as well as on Sirius and XM satellite radio. A community radio station in Africa, Radio Builsa in Ghana, also broadcasts the show. Various local cable TV networks simulcast the program. In addition to Dial Global, a subsidiary of Triton Media Group, the show is now also offered via Pacifica Audioport to non-profit stations in a non-profit compliant format and is simulcast on Dish Network Channel 9415 via Free Speech TV Network.
Many guests appear on the show purporting points of view on diverse social and political topics. Some guests proffer progressive views similar to Hartmann's, but more than half are conservatives, libertarians, or Ayn Rand Institute members[26] who espouse opposing views. A vigorous debate with the host usually ensues. There are four regular guests on the program, and they are sympathetic to Hartmann's political views. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-VT) appears every Friday during the first hour of the show titled "Brunch with Bernie". Ellen Ratner of the Talk Radio News Service provides Washington commentary daily. Victoria Jones who is the White House correspondent for Talk Radio News Service appears occasionally as does Dr. Ravi Batra an economics professor at SMU.
Like all talk radio shows, The Thom Hartmann Program takes calls from listeners. When callers asked Thom how he was, he used to reply, "I'm great, but I'll get better." But after a time callers would regularly try to elicit this response so he's stopped replying this way routinely. Hartmann ends each show with the phrase, "Activism begins with you, democracy begins with you. Get out there, get active! Tag, you're it!"
Michael Harrison, publisher of radio industry trade magazine Talkers, offered this appraisal of Hartmann:
“He’s entertaining, he’s informative, he’s an original thinker, he’s an author, he’s an original source. In other words, he’s not a B-level talking points host that so many on both the left and the right are...He’s the kind of a host that other people can get their talking points from...”[27]
Hartmann produces and stars in a one hour daily TV show, The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, which his production company records at the studios of and licenses to the RT news network. It is also shown on Free Speech TV, Dish Network, DirecTV, and on selected local-origination and Public-access television cable TV channels...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Hartmann
He is the only thing on RT that I will watch, so I don't want it banned here at RT.
But when I scour youtube to see more shows on RT from links at DU, I often find the most disgusting psychological manipulation that would work perfectly for Fox News productions. A lot of flash, sensation, music, bobble headed reporters and not a small bit of hate and disinfo.
If Rupert Murdoch doesn't own an interest in RT, he would still approve the style used it. RT may be Russia's Fox News, and they supported Putin over Obama during the Crimea and Syrian situations. It makes me wonder...
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on their shoes
Now, if we can get the hacks at faux news to resign in shame, that would be good.
- The only true ''free press'' is us, the people.
